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The Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 2024: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on April 3, 2024Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 April 2024372,052 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 3, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.2% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
372,052 km231,182 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 2024 is on Monday, March 25, 2024 at 07:01 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 8, 2024 at 18:21 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 2, 202403:15
New Moon (after)Monday, April 8, 202418:21

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 2024 to the new moon of April 8, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.